Hawthorne (1 Viewer)

[Kurgan]

Vilma starting? Ugh..please not. Let him come in obvious passing situations so he won't have to be blown away by a random block. Hopefully hawthorne will start, or at least be a solid contributor

 

[TruSaint]

It will be vilma and hawthorne in on nickel downs

 

[ELLIASJWILLIAMS]

It will be vilma and hawthorne in on nickel downs

Hmmm i dunno about that even though it makes the most sense.


Remember Lofton's whole complaint about leaving the falcons is that they felt he wasn't a 3down LB.

Removing him off the field on 3rd downs is placing him right back where he was a year ago.....could cause him to feel the same way.


I think Vilma will be in on a lot of subpackages but Lofton/Hawthorne will be your primaries.



Thats just my OP....i see why u would put Hawthorne and Vilma on the field together because they are the two best in coverage out of the 3..but idk. Player morale is important.

 

[Jackavelli]

My lineup would be...

In 3-4 base:
WOLB- Galette (starter), ?
WILB- Wilson (starter), Vilma, Hawthorne, Chamberlain
SILB- Lofton (starter), Hawthorne, Humber
SOLB- Butler (starter), Hawthorne

Nickel:
WOLB- Galette (starter)
WILB- Wilson/Vilma (starter)
SILB- Hawthorne (starter)
SOLB- Butler (starter)

I strongly believe that the Saints need to stop screwing around with Martez Wilson and carve out a niche for him. I think that Wilson and Vilma can see playing time in nickel situations because Vilma is very solid in pass defense and Wilson is a monster at blitzing the A gap on passing downs.

With as much nickel is played in the NFL now days...having a guy like Hawthorne who can defend against the pass pretty well is nice to have. He does have a role on this defense...as an excellent backup and a guy who will likely be on the field in nickel situations. I hope that the Saints use this as a year to develop Wilson under the teaching of Vilma.

If you noticed...I don't think that we have a legit backup to WOLB (other than Butler who I think is currently our starter at SOLB be default). A guy like Jarvis Jones, Dion Jordan, or Jamie Collins would make a TON of sense because those three can be very productive at both OLB positions.

U got Humber in there, so where is herring